 | This article needs to be updated. (November 2019) |
 | |||
| Nickname(s) | Zhinky | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) Українська Асоціація Футболу | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Volodymyr Pyatenko | ||
| Captain | Olena Khodyreva | ||
| Most caps | Daryna Apanashchenko (143) | ||
| Top scorer | Daryna Apanashchenko (64)[1] | ||
| Home stadium | Arena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression) Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv | ||
| FIFA code | UKR | ||
| |||
| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 35  (16 August 2024)[2] | ||
| Highest | 16 (June 2008 – June 2009) | ||
| Lowest | 35 (December 2021 – March 2022; June – August 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
 Ukraine 0–0 Moldova  (Kyiv, Ukraine; 30 June 1992)[3] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Ukraine 8–0 Belarus  (Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 August 2014) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Ukraine 0–8 Germany  (Lviv, Ukraine; 3 September 2019) Germany 8–0 Ukraine (Aachen, Germany; 5 October 2019)  Japan 8–0 Ukraine (Hiroshima, Japan; 10 June 2021) | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2009) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage (2009) | ||
The Ukraine women's national football team represents Ukraine in international women's football. The team is administered by the Ukrainian Association of Football.
The team has been playing since 30 June 1992 when it hosted a team of Moldova. Before its first official tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying phase, the Ukraine women's team played at least four more friendlies all with Belarus in 1993. The first team consisted of the following players: Tetyana Ovcharenko (goalkeeper) – Olena Mazurenko, Svitlana Balynska, Olena Chubarova, Alina Doroshchuk – Tetyana Shvets, Iryna Serhiyenko, Lyudmyla Pokotylo, Halyna Prykhodko – Tetyana Verezubova, Svitlana Frishko; and substitutes: Valentyna Ryabichenko (goalkeeper) – Inesa Titova – Yulia Bayeka, Natalia Melnychenko, Lyudmyla Protsenko – Olena Vdovyka, Tetyana Vyshnyakova, Halyna Zonova.[4]
The first (and so far only) major tournament they played in was the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. Their most recent competition is qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[5]
- ^ Darya Apanashchenko profile. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 3 May 2023
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Viktor Zahlada. The retrospective. On 30 June 1992 there was the first official game of the women's national football team (Ретроспектива. 30.06.92 – перший офіційний матч жіночої збірної). Womensfootball.com.ua. 23 March 2020
- ^ Україна – Молдова. womensfootball.com.ua. 30 June 1992
- ^ "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved December 16, 2013.